GunMetalGrey Posted April 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 55 minutes ago, MPW3RLee said: So you’re the mysterious 335 buyer!? That’s awesome! So now this makes sense, that was me following you in the i3 the other day. I saw a silver e90 (with wheels that looked just like yours) and figured it was you in your 328, but then I saw it was a 335 and got all sorts of confused. *delayed light bulb turning on over here Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Haha, so it was you! The 328 went to a friend, and I decided to live the twin turbo life. It's been a good life so far. 51 minutes ago, patsbimmer1 said: I had just replaced one of those gaskets in November! I like the splitters! Well I sure hope it was the other one! If it keeps chewing them up (jake mentioned it was typical) I may make the poor decision of putting a VSRF system on it..... That or MLS exhaust gaskets if I can find them. Thank you for using proper hardware on the downpipes btw MPW3RLee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suspenceful Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 10 minutes ago, GunMetalGrey said: Well I sure hope it was the other one! If it keeps chewing them up (jake mentioned it was typical) I may make the poor decision of putting a VSRF system on it..... That or MLS exhaust gaskets if I can find them. Thank you for using proper hardware on the downpipes btw I don't see how putting a VRSF exhaust on it would lessen your chances of blowing out gaskets, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsbimmer1 Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 16 minutes ago, GunMetalGrey said: Haha, so it was you! The 328 went to a friend, and I decided to live the twin turbo life. It's been a good life so far. Well I sure hope it was the other one! If it keeps chewing them up (jake mentioned it was typical) I may make the poor decision of putting a VSRF system on it..... That or MLS exhaust gaskets if I can find them. Thank you for using proper hardware on the downpipes btw The day I did the dp's i went and bought stainless hardware. I'm glad someone else appreciates that lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunMetalGrey Posted April 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 42 minutes ago, suspenceful said: I don't see how putting a VRSF exhaust on it would lessen your chances of blowing out gaskets, lol. By reducing exhaust back pressure you will lessen the chance of exploiting a weak spot in the exhaust. Pressure is the resistance to flow Think of a thin spot in a garden hose, if you plug the end it will bulge at the thin spot (potentially burst), but if you let water flow out it will decrease the bulge and will be much less likely to burst there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suspenceful Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 7 minutes ago, GunMetalGrey said: By reducing exhaust back pressure you will lessen the chance of exploiting a weak spot in the exhaust. Pressure is the resistance to flow Think of a thin spot in a garden hose, if you plug the end it will bulge at the thin spot (potentially burst), but if you let water flow out it will decrease the bulge and will be much less likely to burst there. While I understand the concept, I don't think it's going to help. The factory exhaust (even with PE mod), is pretty efficient. For example, my free-flowing aftermarket 3" exhaust with a blown-out muffler was still going thru gaskets. However, I am not against you getting the VRSF exhaust! They sound great and I could even do a vlog about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunMetalGrey Posted April 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 32 minutes ago, suspenceful said: While I understand the concept, I don't think it's going to help. The factory exhaust (even with PE mod), is pretty efficient. For example, my free-flowing aftermarket 3" exhaust with a blown-out muffler was still going thru gaskets. However, I am not against you getting the VRSF exhaust! They sound great and I could even do a vlog about it. Well that's lame to hear lol. Imagine the YT content bruh, that VSRF content would bring them in droves. But for real, the quality video's of their exhaust is lacking heavily. Wanna hit em up for the deals? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suspenceful Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 42 minutes ago, GunMetalGrey said: Imagine the YT content bruh, that VSRF content would bring them in droves. But for real, the quality video's of their exhaust is lacking heavily. Wanna hit em up for the deals? Tiago offered a 10% refund on the 7.5" race intercooler once I posted a review of it. I'm sure the exhaust would be in the same ballpark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunMetalGrey Posted April 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 I got beat by an n55 135 that was only utilizing JB4 and the stock fuel system, with a bit of corn. Time to make this go faster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunMetalGrey Posted April 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 I also installed a hitch receiver. Going to have to do some work to get the diffuser to fit back under there. The new receiver is nice, but once again the bar that runs front to back on the car doesn't work. The frame doesn't have the holes it says it should. Not sure if I want to drill them considering the most weight this will ever see is 60lb of bikes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suspenceful Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 I opened the garage yesterday and your car looked good from behind. I couldn't put my finger on what was different. Oddly enough, I think I might like this car more without the rear diffuser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPW3RLee Posted April 24, 2018 Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 I got beat by an n55 135 that was only utilizing JB4 and the stock fuel system, with a bit of corn. Time to make this go faster.Just let me know when your ready to go single turbo, that’ll take care of that problem [emoji23]Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk suspenceful 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunMetalGrey Posted April 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 16 hours ago, suspenceful said: I opened the garage yesterday and your car looked good from behind. I couldn't put my finger on what was different. Oddly enough, I think I might like this car more without the rear diffuser. You aren't the only one.... I too was walking back to it after class and was pleased with it, maybe it'll stay off for a bit. 8 hours ago, MPW3RLee said: Just let me know when your ready to go single turbo, that’ll take care of that problem Current status: Trying not to go down the rabbit hole. MPW3RLee and suspenceful 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasnt m3 Posted April 25, 2018 Report Share Posted April 25, 2018 I like it better without the diffuser as well. Car is looking great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunMetalGrey Posted April 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2018 @patsbimmer1 has gotten out his crystal ball and predicted that in 6 months time I will be going single turbo on this. The clock has started. Anyone wanna place bets? jc43089, MPW3RLee, patsbimmer1 and 2 others 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunMetalGrey Posted May 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2018 Did some preventative performance this weekend and installed a new pipe from the upper intercooler connection to the throttle body. Apparently these like to blow apart so I figured I may as well take care of it before then. Old one out New one in I also realized that the lower connection to the intercooler is plastic, so I will likely be finding a replacement for that. Picked up some heavily discounted inlets because I can't help myself. Those will likely go in some time this week. I also fixed the rusty plate holder that was dripping rust and had the plate held in with cable ties. Jake pointed out how spotted my rotors were getting, which isn't surprising given the fact that they seem to start vibrating fairly aggressively when hot, and the whole brake setup has never been that great in my opinion. I may end up changing out the pads and rotors. We shall see. I am pretty sure the exhaust gaskets I just did are blowing out again as well. Time to find MLS variants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suspenceful Posted May 14, 2018 Report Share Posted May 14, 2018 Sweet. That lower charge pipe is an upgradable option via VRSF. I'm sure you can contact them and they will sell it individually if you want it. PS: Make sure the allen screw is tight in the charge pipe. A lot of them are sold loose, then eventually fall out and people get a massive boost leak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunMetalGrey Posted May 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2018 Just now, suspenceful said: Sweet. That lower charge pipe is an upgradable option via VRSF. I'm sure you can contact them and they will sell it individually if you want it. PS: Make sure the allen screw is tight in the charge pipe. A lot of them are sold loose, then eventually fall out and people get a massive boost leak. Yeah I found the lower pipe as a standalone from them this morning. I assume you are talking about the two small set screws in bungs on the upper pipe. I tightened them down, and could see that being a real problem if you didn't lol. Thanks for the heads up! suspenceful 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunMetalGrey Posted May 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2018 My passenger side headlight was aimed at the ground yesterday. Either the adjuster popped out, or it was grumpy about the humidity. Time will tell. New brake rotors are needed badly, it pulses now and the wheel shakes under braking, very similar to the first time I test drove it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunMetalGrey Posted June 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2018 The brakes were getting irritating so they got replaced. I forgot to buy wear sensors, but it looks like the plugs were cut and the sensors must have been coded out at some point because there are no sensors and no codes. Centric high carbon rotors with EBC red stuff pads. I also adjusted the parking brake while I was in there, and everything is feeling much gooderer. Only one rotor retaining screw gave me hell. Tried drilling and that wasn't going super well, so I welded a bolt into it, and twisted the bolt head off, then welded a nut to it and luckily that solved the problem. Initial impressions of the brakes are good, they bite better than whatever was in there before and the lack of a shaking steering wheel is oh so nice. Headlight returned to normal operation as well. patsbimmer1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suspenceful Posted June 6, 2018 Report Share Posted June 6, 2018 Nice. The wear sensor wires are probably shorted. If you cut off the sensor and twist/solder/crimp the wires together, the light goes away. patsbimmer1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsbimmer1 Posted June 6, 2018 Report Share Posted June 6, 2018 They were shorted after the plug so new sensors could be put in if you wanted. I inspected the brakes frequent enough between regular rotations that I didn't find them necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straight6pwr Posted June 6, 2018 Report Share Posted June 6, 2018 4 minutes ago, suspenceful said: Nice. The wear sensor wires are probably shorted. If you cut off the sensor and twist/solder/crimp the wires together, the light goes away. a design that BMW hasnt changed since the 70s. i'm honestly surprised they didnt muck it up with some techno-wizardry sensor apparatus that needs coding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suspenceful Posted June 6, 2018 Report Share Posted June 6, 2018 4 minutes ago, patsbimmer1 said: They were shorted after the plug so new sensors could be put in if you wanted. I inspected the brakes frequent enough between regular rotations that I didn't find them necessary. I did the same thing on my car patsbimmer1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daggerty Posted June 8, 2018 Report Share Posted June 8, 2018 On 6/6/2018 at 11:25 AM, straight6pwr said: a design that BMW hasnt changed since the 70s. i'm honestly surprised they didnt muck it up with some techno-wizardry sensor apparatus that needs coding. That gave me a horribly great idea. They should put a sensor inside the caliper that measures the extension of the piston. So you have to replace or rebuild the caliper when it fails. Also it will need a module too control the inputs because it's tied into the abs system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunMetalGrey Posted June 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2018 Can I post truck things here? Because I bought a truck... The rabbit hole is real with this thing, so many fun things to do to it. (Pic next to previous daily for thread relevance) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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